Latest Plan to Expedite Drilling is “A Reckless Gamble We Cannot Afford” WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2011. The Obama administration today unveiled its new five-year leasing plan for offshore drilling, which includes a heavy focus on production in the Gulf of Mexico and opens up new lease sales in the Arctic.[Read More…]
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Groundbreaking Study Quantifies Health Costs of U.S. Climate Change-Related Disasters & Disease
Set of Climate-Related Events Result in Billions in Health Costs and Lost Lives NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2011. Health costs exceeding $14 billion dollars and over 760,000 interactions with the health care system, are among the staggering figures resulting from a key set of climate-change-related events in the United States during[Read More…]
EPA Moves to Curb Carbon Pollution from New Power Plants
NRDC: “Obama Administration Takes Important First Step” WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2011. The Obama administration today signaled its intention to develop first-ever rules to curb carbon dioxide pollution from new power plants, according to a notice posted on the website of the White House Office of Management and Budget. The following is[Read More…]
Health Care Reform Lawn Upheld as Constitutional US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 8, 2011. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in a 2-1 decision found that President Obama’s health care reform law is constitutional. Judge Laurence Silberman opined that, “The right to be free from federal regulation is not absolute, and yields to the imperative that[Read More…]
NOAA: October Warmer Than Average in the United States
Early season storm breaks October snowfall records across the Northeast, while record drought continues across the Southern Plains Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2011 October 2011 temperature “divisional rank” maps. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) During October, a persistent upper-level weather pattern brought below-normal temperatures to the southeastern United States and above-normal temperatures from[Read More…]
SEIU’s Medina: What Would President Reagan Think Today?
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2011. This week marks the 25th anniversary of President Reagan’s Immigration Reform and Control Act, which allowed almost 2.7 million undocumented immigrants to legalize their status. Reagan’s policy was based on his appreciation that ours is a land of immigrants; that immigrants should not be exploited; that[Read More…]
Sierra Club Statement on Dept. of Interior Announcement of New Plans for Risky Offshore Drilling
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2011. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the Proposed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2012-2017, opening up the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas in Alaska to dangerous and dirty offshore oil and gas drilling. It schedules 15 potential lease sales for[Read More…]
Secretary Salazar Announces 2012-2017 Offshore Oil and Gas Development Program
Proposal makes available more than 75% of estimated undiscovered oil and gas resources on U.S. Outer Continental Shelf WASHINGTON DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2011. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the Proposed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2012-2017, which makes more than 75 percent of[Read More…]
Coalition Files Three Lawsuits to Demand National Coal Treat Pollution from Coal Mines
Company’s Own Records Show Violations Of Legal Limits of Iron, Selenium, Other Heavy Metals in Local Waterways Knoxville, TN–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2011. Earlier this week, the Sierra Club and its partners, the Tennessee Clean Water Network and Statewide Organizing for Community eMpowerment, filed three suits in the U.S. District Court for the[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama on Head Start in Yeadon, Pennsylvania
Yeadon, Pennsylvania–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2011 – 11:43 A.M. EST Thank you, everybody, please have a seat. It is great to be in Yeadon, great to be in the Philly area. I was told not to mention football at all. (Laughter.) So I’m not going to say anything about football while I’m here,[Read More…]
